Faculty of Physical Culture, Department of Recreation and Leisure Studies, Palacky University Olomouc, 771 47 Olomouc, Czech Republic.
Department of Natural and Human Sciences, University of Education Heidelberg, D-69032 Heidelberg, Germany.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2017 Dec 8;14(12):1540. doi: 10.3390/ijerph14121540.
The Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children study (HBSC) uses the Family Affluence Scale (FAS) as a tool to identify the socioeconomic status of children and adolescents. Even though it is now widely applied in research studies, the external criterion validation of FAS has not been verified in terms of objective economic indicators in Central Europe. The aim of this study is to validate FAS in terms of disposable income per capita in 14 Czech administrative regions. Regional differences in the FAS score were analyzed using Pearson correlation and linear regression to measure the dependency of the aggregated mean of the FAS index at the regional level on data from the Czech HSBC survey carried out from April to June 2014 ( = 10,361). The data analysis has shown an overall positive correlation between the FAS index and regional disposable income (R = 0.77, < 0.01). The regional disposable income per person could explain 59.7% of the variance in the FAS index ( < 0.01). By validating individual items, the authors identified three items with a significant correlation ( < 0.01): number of computers, dishwasher at home, and number of holidays. FAS seems to be a valid instrument to measure adolescents' socioeconomic status.
《青少年健康行为研究》（HBSC）使用家庭富裕量表（FAS）作为工具来识别儿童和青少年的社会经济地位。尽管它现在已广泛应用于研究中，但在中欧，尚未针对客观经济指标验证 FAS 的外部标准效度。本研究旨在根据捷克共和国 14 个行政区的人均可支配收入验证 FAS。使用 Pearson 相关系数和线性回归分析 FAS 评分的区域差异，以衡量 FAS 指数的总和平均值在区域水平上对 2014 年 4 月至 6 月期间进行的捷克 HBSC 调查数据的依赖性（n = 10,361）。数据分析显示，FAS 指数与区域可支配收入之间存在总体正相关（R = 0.77， < 0.01）。区域人均可支配收入可以解释 FAS 指数变化的 59.7%（ < 0.01）。通过验证个别项目，作者确定了三个具有显著相关性的项目（ < 0.01）：计算机数量、家用洗碗机数量和度假次数。FAS 似乎是衡量青少年社会经济地位的有效工具。
